2021-22 Japan national qualifying & domestic competitions

[Sylvia]

In Japanese: https://www.jsfresults.com/National/2021-2022/fs_j/index.htm
In English: https://www.jsfresults.com/National/2021-2022/fs_e/index.htm

Four of the 6 Regional "blocks" are completed with 2 to go this week.

Chu-Shikoku-Kyushu Regional, Sept. 23 - 26, 2021, Iizuka, Fukuoka
Results: https://www.jsfresults.com/National/2021-2022/fs_e/block6/index.htm
Takumi Sugiyama won Senior Men (181.21).
Saki Miyake won Senior Women (164.32).

Chubu Regional, Sept. 24 - 26, 2021, Nagoya, Aichi
Results: https://www.jsfresults.com/National/2021-2022/fs_e/block4/index.htm
Sota Yamamoto won Senior Men (231.73).
Rino Matsuike won Senior Women (201.44); 2nd-6th were Yuhana Yokoi (176.53), Rin Nitaya (169.38), Miyabi Oba (166.54), Nana Araki (163.47), Mako Yamashita (144.53).

Kanto Regional, Sept. 30 - Oct. 3, 2021, Chiba
Results: https://www.jsfresults.com/National/2021-2022/fs_e/block2/index.htm
Yuma Kagiyama won Senior Men (261.90).
Shiika Yoshioka won Senior Women (162.84).

Tohoku-Hokkaido Regional, Oct. 1 - 3, 2021, Sapporo, Hokkaido
Results: https://www.jsfresults.com/National/2021-2022/fs_e/block1/index.htm
Honoka Hirotani won Senior Women (141.07).
Seiya Tsuboi won Senior Men (126.69).

Tokyo Regional, Oct. 7 - 10, 2021, Nishitokyo, Tokyo

Kinki Regional, Oct. 7 - 10, 2021, Uji, Kyoto

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National Novice, Oct. 22 - 24, 2021, Ootsu, Shiga

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Eastern Section (Senior and Junior), Oct. 28 - 31, 2021, Nishitokyo, Tokyo

Western Section (Senior and Junior), Nov. 4 - 7, 2021, Fukuoka

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National Junior, Nov. 19 - 21, 2021, Nagoya, Aichi

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Nationals, Dec. 22 - 26, 2021, Saitama

 

[Sylvia]

Tokyo Regional, Oct. 7 - 10, 2021, Nishitokyo, Tokyo
Results: https://www.jsfresults.com/National/2021-2022/fs_e/block3/index.htm
Top 5 Senior Women:
Satoko MIYAHARA 208.85 1 1 (136.55 FS - landed 3 of 6 triples cleanly; all L4s)
Rinka WATANABE 182.67 3 2 (118.29 FS - 3A<< fall, landed 4 triples with +GOE)
Akari MATSUBARA 171.44 5 3
Tomoe KAWABATA 170.42 2 4
Yuna AOKI 168.15 4 5
(Marin Honda was 12th (eta) fortunately for her, the top 17 advance to East Sectionals: https://twitter.com/figureskatingm1/status/1446773886834511873

Top 2 Junior Men:
Kao MIURA 235.73 1 1 (154.99 FS - jumps incl. 3A, 4S, 4T+3T, 3A+1Eu+3F, 4T< fall) - named to NHK Trophy last month
Kosho OSHIMA 191.55 2 2 (123.64 - 4:z<< fall, landed 3A & 5 other triples)

Top 2 Junior Women:
Rion SUMIYOSHI 176.57 2 1 (116.40 FS - landed 6 triples)
Ami NAKAI 166.08 1 2

Kinki Regional, Oct. 7 - 10, 2021, Uji, Kyoto
Results: https://www.jsfresults.com/National/2021-2022/fs_e/block5/index.htm
Top 5 Senior Men:
Kazuki TOMONO 201.24 1 1 (125.34 FS)
Lucastsuyoshi HONDA 176.28 4 2
Kazuki KUSHIDA 175.82 3 3
Sumitada MORIGUCHI 167.90 2 5
Mitsuki SUMOTO 165.25 5 4

Top 4 Senior Women:
Kaori SAKAMOTO 192.14 1 1 (120.12 FS)
Mana KAWABE 184.14 2 2 (118.98 FS)
Ayumi KAGOTANI 163.87 3 4
Yuna SHIRAIWA 159.99 4 3

Top 3 Junior Women (all Kinoshita Academy):
Ikura KUSHIDA 183.47 2 2 (120.67 - landed 7 triples)
Ayumi SHIBAYAMA 179.97 1 3 (115.77 - 3A<< fall, then landed 7 triples)
Hana YOSHIDA 178.41 5 1 (124.19 - landed 3A+3T, 3A & 5 more triples)

Top 3 Junior Men:
Shunsuke NAKAMURA 183.91 2 1 (115.10 FS - landed 3A+2T & 4 more triples, fell on 4T)
Tatsuya TSUBOI 173.08 1 7 (79.51 SP - 3A, 3F, 3Lz+3T)
Nozomu YOSHIOKA 170.51 5 2 (110.94 FS - stood up on 4T+3T & 3A, landed 2nd half 3A+1Eu+2S)

 

[Jeschke]

Honda

 

[haribobo]

REGIONALS SCORES (and Japan Open)

SENIOR WOMEN over 159
Satoko Miyahara 208 (119 FS @ Japan Open)
Rino Matsuike 201 (135 FS @ Japan Open)
Kaori Sakamoto 192 (133 FS @ Japan Open)
Mana Kawabe 184 (134 FS @ Japan Open)
Rinka Watanabe 182
Yuhana Yokoi 176
Akari Matsubara 171
Tomoe Kawabata 170
Rin Nitaya 169
Yuna Aoki 168
Miyabi Oba 166
Saki Miyake 164
Nana Araki 163
Ayumi Kagotani 163
Shiika Yoshioka 162
Yuna Shiraiwa 159

Wakaba Higuchi (136 FS @ Japan Open)
Mai Mihara (119 FS @ Japan Open)


SENIOR MEN over 175
Yuma Kagiyama 261
Sota Yamamoto 231 (156 FS @ JO)
Kazuki Tomono 201 (147 FS @ JO)
Takumi Sugiyama 181
Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda 176
Kazuki Kushida 175
Kazuki Hasegawa 175

Shoma Uno (181 FS @ JO)
Shun Sato (179 FS @ JO)
Keiji Tanaka (163 FS @ JO)
Sena Miyake (126 FS @ JO)

Rika Kihira, Yuzuru Hanyu, Kao Miura yet to compete

 

[Sylvia]

Kao Miura, 16, has been competing domestically at the Junior level so far this season - link to the Kinoshita Cup & Gensan Summer Cup results/scores in GSD: https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/th...eason-news-updates.108389/page-2#post-6035292
Found a playlist of Gensan Summer Cup videos (August 2021): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfHqg0dmJmnKMTwOmEpCblFbE3YUgqutN

Tokyo Regional, Oct. 7 - 10, 2021, Nishitokyo, Tokyo
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Top 2 Junior Men:
Kao MIURA 235.73 1 1 (154.99 FS - jumps incl. 3A, 4S, 4T+3T, 3A+1Eu+3F, 4T< fall) - named to NHK Trophy last month

Link to the Japan Open (Oct. 2) results/protocols: https://www.jsfresults.com/InterNational/2021-2022/japanopen/index.htm
Results/more info posted starting here: https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/th...eason-news-updates.108389/page-3#post-6068878

 

[Jeschke]

@rosewood can you help us with info re Honda?
Is that enough?

 

[Tak]

At Kinki Regionals, the most significant achievement, jump wise, was in Novice A Ladies.
Mao Shimada nailed (positive GOE from JPN judges) quad toe loop!
Considering that top five in Juniors were also from Kinoshita Academy, Ms Hamada must be teaching them something right.
Junior Bronze Medalist, Hana Yoshida has been the most consistent 3A jumper in JPN for 2 seasons, even better than Rika. Hana needs to stop popping 3flip in the SP. With 3A/3T and 3A (both positive GOE) in the Free, IMHO, she is competitive with the best in the World.

 

[Sylvia]

Thanks, @Tak! I didn't check the Novice A protocols . I will post a few more links to Japanese articles on Shimada's 4T, Yoshida's 3As, etc. in the Japanese news thread in GSD (like I just did for Kagiyama's 4Lo attempt).

Mao Shimada's Novice A FS protocol (120.83 points!): https://www.jsfresults.com/National/2021-2022/fs_e/block5/data0605.pdf
Jumps landed: 4T (9.5 BV + 1.90 GOE = 11.40 points), 3Lz+3T, 3F, 3Lo, 2A+3T+2T. 3Lz.

ETA that Mana Kawabe landed a clean 3A in her Kinki Regional Senior SP (and 3F but fell on 3Lz+3T and placed 2nd to Sakamoto): https://www.jsfresults.com/National/2021-2022/fs_e/block5/data0203.pdf

@Jeschke:

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(Marin Honda was 12th (eta) fortunately for her, the top 17 advance to East Sectionals: https://twitter.com/figureskatingm1/status/1446773886834511873

 

[Tak]

Just this weekend, the best female jumper in JPN was competing at Japan Novice Championships.
Mao Shimada (12) nailed her 4T again and won handily the Novice A Ladies with 120+ points. The top 5 in Novice A Ladies were given an invitation to compete at Junior Nationals.
It is noted that Novice Dance was won by Sumire Yoshida and Ibuki Ogawara. Although Sumire is only 10, this team has been together longer than any Senior Dance Teams currently competing in JPN.
I have to wait another two weeks before Fuji TV is going to show edited coverage of this event.

 

[Tak]

East Japan Sectionals were held this weekend.
In Senior Women, the most surprising result was Marin Honda coming in 5th and getting the ticket for Nationals.
The Skaters going to Nationals are: Yuna Aoki(2nd), Akari Matsubara (3rd), Tomoe Kawabata (4th), Marin Honda (5th) and Ibuki Sato(6th).
The winner, Rinka Watanabe, is going to represent JPN at Universiade. Current JPN quarantine rules preclude her from competing at Nationals. If these rules are relaxed, then she will also compete at Nationals.
Marin Honda, in her interview, thanked behind the scenes coaching by her current coach's (Mr Nobuo Sato) star pupil, Mao Asada, for her successful comeback!

 

[Jeschke]

Honda SP

本田真凜 Marin Honda 東日本選手権2021 SP

assasin's tango 2021

www.youtube.com

 

[Sylvia]

East Japan Sectionals were held this weekend.
In Senior Women, the most surprising result was Marin Honda coming in 5th and getting the ticket for Nationals.
The Skaters going to Nationals are: Yuna Aoki(2nd), Akari Matsubara (3rd), Tomoe Kawabata (4th), Marin Honda (5th) and Ibuki Sato(6th).
The winner, Rinka Watanabe, is going to represent JPN at Universiade. Current JPN quarantine rules preclude her from competing at Nationals. If these rules are relaxed, then she will also compete at Nationals.

Results/protocols in English: https://www.jsfresults.com/National/2021-2022/fs_e/east/index.htm

Western Section Championships (Senior and Junior) dates are Nov. 4-7, 2021.

 

[Sylvia]

@Jeschke, ICYMI, the same account has uploaded Marin's FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06XPwt9xMpQ
She went back to her 2018-19 "Lovers" FS (from House of Flying Daggers) by Shigeru Umebayashi performed by Kathleen Battle, choreo. by Lori Nichol.

Western Section Championships (Senior and Junior) dates are Nov. 4-7, 2021.

Event schedule: https://www.jsfresults.com/National/2021-2022/fs_j/west/10-15_schedule.pdf

Japanese results page: https://www.jsfresults.com/National/2021-2022/fs_j/west/index.htm
(English page is updated after the competition is over.)

ETA:

One pair team will compete - Shoya Ichihashi, 24 (Riku Miura's former partner) announced his new partnership in September - Miyu Yunoki who will be 16 in January: https://www.instagram.com/p/CTWdu_zprPL/

 

[Tak]

Since so many Seniors are busy with GPS and given "Byes to the Nationals", the most nail biting discipline is Junior Women.
Hana Yoshida: Bronze at Kinki; the best 3Ax jumper in Japan, has she fixed the unfortunate tendency to mess up SPs.
Ikura Kushida: Winner of Kinki Regional; Just like Yukari Nakano 20 years ago, the "threat" of being forced into Pairs seems have ignited her competitive fire for singles.
Ayumi Shibayama: Silver at Kinki; seems to have become 4-6 inches taller since last year. Best complete package with high beam smile.
They will go head to head with Azusa Tanaka, Sakurako Daimon (both from Kinoshita), Kinayu Yokoi (Yuhana's kid sister) and Maria Egawa at West Japan Sectional.
At the Junior Nationals, East Japan Junior Queen Rion Sumiyoshi (reputedly 4T ready) will challenge them. But the toughest competition will be from Mao Shimada (4T ready) and Kaoruko Wada from Novice A.

 

[Tak]

Junior Women SP produced unexpected results. Based on protocols since I have not seen the performances, the rankings were as follows.
1. Azusa Tanaka 65.86
2. Ayumi Shibayama 64.36
3. Ikura Kushida 62.45
4. Sakurako Daimon 59.65
5. Maria Egawa 57.30 (-1 for fall on 2Ax)
6. Kinayu Yokoi 55.84
7. Hana Yoshida 55.44 (-1 for fall on 3F)
Hana received 3Lzq+3T which was bad but only a minor deduction compared with, horror of horrors, Downgraded 3F (fall) with !.
The judging panel here utilized PCS scores to rank skaters. Azusa received highest PCS, which based on what I saw in Kinki Regionals, is well deserved. Azusa is not as consistent as Ikura or Ayumi in jumps, so anything could happen in tomorrow's Free. Also hoping Hana comes back strong.
Congratulations to Nana Araki the Senior Women Winner.
Silver went to Yuna Shiraiwa and Bronze to Mako Yamashita.

 

[Tak]

Junior Women concluded with nail biting finish.
1. Ayumi Shibayama 177.70
2. Ikura Kushida 175.77
3. Azusa Tanaka 174.28
4. Maria Egawa 164.34
5. Sakurako Daimon 162.88
6. Hana Yoshida 162.71
Ayumi won in spite of 2.0 Deduction, due to fall on 3S and costume penalty (Her hair ornament fell on the ice). Just one ! on 3Lz.
Ikura was clean except two ! on 3Lzs and two q.
Congratulations to the medalists!
Hana Yoshida actually landed one 3Ax with positive GOE, but seems to have had severe problems with other jumps.
The real problem for JSF is choosing JPN representative for JGPF, particularly women. Almost everyone thought Hana will go, but with her poor showings recently, things are getting murky..since none of the current top Junior skaters have the required TES minimum.

 

[Sylvia]

Thanks, @Tak! Do you know how many Senior men advance to Nationals from the East & West sections?

Western Section Championships (Senior and Junior) results/protocols in English: https://www.jsfresults.com/National/2021-2022/fs_e/west/index.htm

Senior Women’s final top 11 advance to Nationals:
1. Nana ARAKI 3 1 174.23
2. Yuna SHIRAIWA KANSAI UNIV SKATING CLUB 2 4 166.92
3. Mako YAMASHITA 1 7 165.19
4. Ayumi KAGOTANI DOSHISHA F.SKATING CLUB 9 2 163.22
5. Saki MIYAKE 5 3 163.06
6. Chisato URAMATSU 6 5 159.72
7. Miyabi OBA TOKAI TOKYO FH 4 10 157.87
8. Nonoka NOGUCHI 8 8 156.43
9. Rin NITAYA 11 9 154.16
10. Hina TAKENO 14 6 152.02
11. Niina TAKENO 10 11 149.74

Senior Men's medalists:
1. Sumitada MORIGUCHI Kinoshita Academy 4 1 197.37
2. Mitsuki SUMOTO KANSAI UNIV SKATING CLUB 2 2 194.54
3. Yuto KISHINA KANSAI UNIV SKATING CLUB 3 3 180.61

Junior Men's medalists:
1. Tatsuya TSUBOI 1 1 221.79
2. Takeru KATAISE 2 2 209.03
3. Shunsuke NAKAMURA Kinoshita Academy 4 4 180.14

Junior Women's medalists:
1. Ayumi SHIBAYAMA Kinoshita Academy 2 1 177.70
2. Ikura KUSHIDA Kinoshita Academy 3 2 175.77
3. Azusa TANAKA Kinoshita Academy 1 3 174.28

One pair team will compete - Shoya Ichihashi, 24 (Riku Miura's former partner) announced his new partnership in September - Miyu Yunoki who will be 16 in January

They're coached by Narumi Takahashi : https://twitter.com/figureskatingm1/status/1456887319223431175

 

[Jeschke]

Ouch to see Nitaya that low.
She had that great farewell skate 2 seasons ago at nationals and then suddenly changed her mind and stayed.
A shame that move did not work out the way she hoped for (I suppose)

 

[Sylvia]

Do you know how many Senior men advance to Nationals from the East & West sections?

OK, I found the document but need help with translation of the Japanese section excerpted below: https://www.skatingjapan.or.jp/common/img/info/qualifying_2021_2pdf.pdf

BYES to Nationals (national medalists from last year):
Se. singles: Rika Kihira Kaori Sakamoto Satoko Miyahara; Yuzuru Hanyu Shoma Uno Yuma Kagiyama
Sr pair: Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara
Sr Dance: Misato Komatsubara / Takashi Komatsubara [Tim Koleto]
2 Jr. girls: Hanna Yoshida Mao Shimada
1 Jr boy: Kao Miura

Exempt players:
Kanto Block [Regional] Sr: Shun Sato Japan Open
Tokyo Block Sr: Higuchi Wakaba Japan Open Sr Koshiro Shimada F Committee Recommended
Kinki Block Sr: Mai Mihara Japan Open Sr Sena Miyake Japan Open
Chugoku-Shikoku Kyushu Block Sr: Keiji Tanaka Japan Open

East Japan Sr: Higuchi Wakaba GP Canada Sr Shun Sato GP America
West Japan Sr.:
Mai Mihara & Kazuki Tomono GP Italy
Rino Matsuike GP NHK Trophy
Mana Kawabe Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda & Sena Miyake CS AUT
Yuhana Yokoi GP America* *Depends on the quarantine period after returning to Japan
Keiji Tanaka & Sota Yamamoto GP Canada

Translation help needed please:

東日本 10/28～31 東京：ダイドー 10人 8人
1人シード
6人
(枠内1人)
1人シード
7人
(枠内1人)
2人シード

西日本 11/4～7 福岡：アクシオ
ン
14人
2人シード
17人 15人
(枠内4人)
2人シード
14人
(枠内5人)
1人シード

 

[Tak]

Sure thing! "Seeded skater" is not counted but "Exempted skater" is counted within the number of advancing skaters.
East Japan Sectional
Sr Men: 7 (including one exempted skater), 2 seeded skater so, 6 non exempted or seeded skaters advance
Sr Women: 6 (including one exempted skater), 1 seeded skater, 5 non exempted or seeded skaters advance
Jr Men: 8, 1 seeded skater, 8 non seeded skaters advance
Jr Women: 10 (no seeds or exempt skaters)
West Japan
Sr Men: 14 (including 5 exempted), 1 seeded skater so, 9 non exempted or seeded skaters advance
Sr. Women: 15 (including 4 exempted), 2 seeded skaters so, 11 non exempted or seeded skaters advance
Jr Men: 17 (no seeds or exemptions)
Jr Women: 14, 2 seeded skaters, so 14 non seeded skaters advance
Hope this helps.

 

[Karen-W]

Sure thing! "Seeded skater" is not counted but "Exempted skater" is counted within the number of advancing skaters.
East Japan Sectional
Sr Men: 7 (including one exempted skater), 2 seeded skater so, 6 non exempted or seeded skaters advance
Sr Women: 6 (including one exempted skater), 1 seeded skater, 5 non exempted or seeded skaters advance
Jr Men: 8, 1 seeded skater, 8 non seeded skaters advance
Jr Women: 10 (no seeds or exempt skaters)
West Japan
Sr Men: 14 (including 5 exempted), 1 seeded skater so, 9 non exempted or seeded skaters advance
Sr. Women: 15 (including 4 exempted), 2 seeded skaters so, 11 non exempted or seeded skaters advance
Jr Men: 17 (no seeds or exemptions)
Jr Women: 14, 2 seeded skaters, so 14 non seeded skaters advance
Hope this helps.

So, 21 skaters in both Sr Men and Sr Women. Do the top 3 Jr Men and Jr Women at Jr Nationals get invited to Sr Nationals to make 24 skaters in each discipline?

 

[Tak]

Since "Seeded Skaters" (AKA previous national medalists) advance to Nationals, that makes the total to around 24. Furthermore, top Juniors (varies at around 4-6) get "Invitation to Participate at Senior Nationals". So, 28-30 would be the number of Senior National Singles participants.
JSF has allowed Novice level skater to participate in Senior Nationals only once, 02-03 Nationals, and the invited skater was Mao Asada. JSF also tried to get 11 year old Midori to participate in Senior Event, 1980 NHK, 40 years ago. I am hoping Mao Shimada would be allowed to participate in this year's Senior Nationals as "Mao Shimadovskaya", the simulated Russian competitor.

 

[Sylvia]

Just this weekend, the best female jumper in JPN was competing at Japan Novice Championships.
Mao Shimada (12) nailed her 4T again and won handily the Novice A Ladies with 120+ points. The top 5 in Novice A Ladies were given an invitation to compete at Junior Nationals.
It is noted that Novice Dance was won by Sumire Yoshida and Ibuki Ogawara. Although Sumire is only 10, this team has been together longer than any Senior Dance Teams currently competing in JPN.
I have to wait another two weeks before Fuji TV is going to show edited coverage of this event.

This looks like a video (from a paid stream?) of Mao Shimada's Novice A-winning FS with another impressive 4T: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg8G1Tcz11o

Invited to Junior Nationals (Nov. 19-21, 2021 in Nagoya) based on their results at the Novice Championships (Oct. 22-24, 2021) - results/protocols (English version):
https://www.jsfresults.com/National/2021-2022/fs_e/national_nv/index.htm

Top 4 men in Novice A:
Rio NAKATA SEIBU HIGASHIFUSHIMI 102.06
Taiga NISHINO Kanagawa FSC 99.97
Sena TAKAHASHI Kyoto Uji FSC 99.03
Yuki YOSHIOKA Kinoshita Academy 85.26

Top 5 women in Novice A:
Mao SHIMADA Kinoshita Academy 120.03 (also an All Japan Junior Championship Seeded Player with her silver last year)
Kaoruko WADA Grand Prix Tokai Club 98.16
Haruna MURAKAMI Kinoshita Academy 85.85
Kei YAMADA Papio Figure Club 84.51
Rena UEZONO Grand Prix Tokai Club 84.27

ETA:

Byes to Junior Nationals as seeded skaters: Kao Miura (he's making his GP debut at NHK Trophy this week); Hanna Yoshida, Mao Shimada (2-time Novice A champ)

East Japan
Jr Men: 8, 1 seeded skater, 8 non seeded skaters advance
Jr Women: 10 (no seeds or exempt skaters)
West Japan
Jr Men: 17 (no seeds or exemptions)
Jr Women: 14, 2 seeded skaters, so 14 non seeded skaters advance

25 JUNIOR MEN who qualified for Junior Nationals through East or West Sectionals (+ seeded Kao MIURA & top 4 in Novice A listed above = 30 total):
Tatsuya TSUBOI 1 1 221.79 [W-1]
Kao MIURA meguronihonunivhighschool 1 1 215.05 [seeded; E-1]
Takeru KATAISE 2 2 209.03 [W-2]
Kosho OSHIMA Meiji Univ 2 2 197.94 [E-2]
Shunsuke NAKAMURA Kinoshita Academy 4 4 180.14 [W-3]
Ryoga MORIMOTO Kinoshita Academy 5 3 178.98 [W-4]
Nozomu YOSHIOKA Nishinomiya Kouei H.S. 3 7 171.22 [W-5]
Seigo TAUCHI Meito Figure Skating Club 8 5 165.75 [W-6]
Haru KAKIUCHI Hyogo Nishinomiya F.S.C. 6 6 164.64 [W-7]
Keisuke KADOWAKI Hosei 3 3 160.98 [E-3]
Shuntaro ASAGA Kinoshita Academy 7 10 157.89 [W-8]
Masaya MISHIMA 10 9 155.92 [W-9]
Sora TARUMI 11 8 154.85 [W-10]
Syunya MATSUOKA 9 12 149.68 [W-11]
Ryusei KIKUCHI meguronihonunivhighschool 7 4 148.19 [E-4]
Syun KOBAYASHI 15 11 145.51 [W-12]
Sakura ODAGAKI meguronihonunivhighschool 4 6 142.49 [E-5]
Haruki HONDA AMC Mizuho High School 12 13 140.30 [W-13]
Tomoki KIMURA Seibu Higashifushimi 8 5 139.77 [E-6]
Haruyuki HIGUCHI 13 14 138.32 [W-14]
Tudoi SUTO MF Figure Skating Academy 9 8 133.07 [E-7]
Yamada RYUSHIN 13 7 130.83 [E-8]
Taiki SHINOHARA 16 17 130.64 [W-15]
Sora SUZUKI 21 15 129.69 [W-16]
Shioh KOJIMA Naniwa High School 24 16 127.16 [W-17]

24 JUNIOR WOMEN who qualified for Junior Nationals through East or West Sectionals (+ seeded Hanna YOSHIDA & Mao SHIMADA and 2nd-5th in Novice A listed above = 30 total):
Rion SUMIYOSHI Komaba Gakuen Hich School 1 1 182.56 [E-1]
Ayumi SHIBAYAMA Kinoshita Academy 2 1 177.70 [W-1]
Ikura KUSHIDA Kinoshita Academy 3 2 175.77 [W-2]
Azusa TANAKA Kinoshita Academy 1 3 174.28 [W-3]
Yurina OKUNO Meijijingugaien FSC 2 2 166.09 [E-2]
Maria EGAWA 5 5 164.34 [W-4]
Sakurako DAIMON Kinoshita Academy 4 6 162.88 [W-5]
Hanna YOSHIDA Kinoshita Academy 7 4 162.71 [seeded; W-6]
Mone CHIBA 3 3 161.77 [E-3]
Ami NAKAI MF Figure Skating Academy 4 5 153.80 [E-4]
Yo TAKAGI MF Figure Skating Academy 5 4 152.29 [E-5]
Sae SHIMIZU Osaka SC 10 7 151.16 [W-7]
Kinayu YOKOI Chukyo Senior High School 6 8 149.59 [W-8]
Marin OKAMOTO 8 9 148.86 [W-9]
Aiko MOTOE meguronihonunivhighschool 6 6 144.51 [E-6]
Haruna IWASAKI Namihaya ISC 9 10 144.22 [W-10]
Kaho KANNO KOSE Shinyokohama prince 8 7 138.78 [E-7]
Natsu SUZUKI 10 8 133.69 [E-8]
Saki ISOMURA 16 11 133.59 [W-11]
Rei YOSHIMOTO 13 13 132.42 [W-12]
Chikako SAIGUSA 9 9 132.07 [E-9]
Mone TAKAHASHI 15 12 131.66 [W-13]
Miyu YUNOKI Kyoto Uji FSC 14 15 131.46 [W-14]
Sakurako TANABE Seisa highschool yokohama 12 10 122.78 [E-10]

 

[Sylvia]

BYES to Nationals in Senior:
Women (8): Rika Kihira, Kaori Sakamoto, Satoko Miyahara; (GP exemptions) Wakaba Higuchi, Mai Mihara, Rino Matsuike, Mana Kawabe, Yuhana Yokoi
Men (9): Yuzuru Hanyu, Shoma Uno, Yuma Kagiyama; (GP or CS-AUT exemptions) Shun Sato, Kazuki Tomono, Keiji Tanaka, Sota Yamamoto, Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda, Sena Miyake

Re-posting the links to the Sectional Championships results/protocols in English:
EAST: https://www.jsfresults.com/National/2021-2022/fs_e/east/index.htm
WEST: https://www.jsfresults.com/National/2021-2022/fs_e/west/index.htm

"Seeded skater" is not counted but "Exempted skater" is counted within the number of advancing skaters.
East Japan Sectional
Sr Men: 7 (including one exempted skater), 2 seeded skater so, 6 non exempted or seeded skaters advance
Sr Women: 6 (including one exempted skater), 1 seeded skater, 5 non exempted or seeded skaters advance
West Japan
Sr Men: 14 (including 5 exempted), 1 seeded skater so, 9 non exempted or seeded skaters advance
Sr. Women: 15 (including 4 exempted), 2 seeded skaters so, 11 non exempted or seeded skaters advance

SENIOR MEN qualified for Nationals through East & West Sectionals (15):
Koshiro SHIMADA Kinoshita Group 1 1 217.22 [W-1]
Sumitada MORIGUCHI Kinoshita Academy 4 1 197.37 [E-1]
Mitsuki SUMOTO Kansai Univ SC 2 2 194.54 [W-2]
Taichiro YAMAKUMA Meiji Univ 4 2 181.25 [E-2]
Yuto KISHINA Kansai Univ SC 3 3 180.61 [W-3]
Kazuki HASEGAWA Science Univ of Tokyo 3 3 176.91 [E-3]
Reo ISHIZUKA Waseda Univ 2 4 175.35 [E-4]
Takumi SUGIYAMA 5 4 167.82 [W-4]
Kazuki KUSHIDA 1 6 164.63 [W-5]
Yuga FURUSHO Nihon Univ 8 5 145.83 [E-5]
Gakuto SUZUKI Hosei 6 6 145.26 [W-6]
Rei SUZUKI 6 5 144.37 [E-6]
Takaya TSUJIMURA Doshisha FSC 7 8 131.13 [W-7]
Kimichika WADA 9 7 129.26 [W-8]
Tatuma FURUYA 10 10 123.11 [W-9]

East Japan Sectionals were held this weekend.
In Senior Women, the most surprising result was Marin Honda coming in 5th and getting the ticket for Nationals.
The Skaters going to Nationals are: Yuna Aoki(2nd), Akari Matsubara (3rd), Tomoe Kawabata (4th), Marin Honda (5th) and Ibuki Sato(6th).
The winner, Rinka Watanabe, is going to represent JPN at Universiade. Current JPN quarantine rules preclude her from competing at Nationals. If these rules are relaxed, then she will also compete at Nationals.

SENIOR WOMEN qualified for Nationals through East & West Sectionals (17 including Watanabe):
Nana ARAKI 3 1 174.23 [W-1]
Rinka WATANABE Hosei 5 1 172.34 [E-1] (see Tak's note about her, bolded above)
Yuna AOKI Nihon Univ 1 3 170.07 [E-2]
Akari MATSUBARA Meiji Univ 2 2 169.27 [E-3]
Yuna SHIRAIWA Kansai Univ SC 2 4 166.92 [W-2]
Mako YAMASHITA 1 7 165.19 [W-3]
Tomoe KAWABATA Waseda Univ 3 4 163.28 [E-4]
Ayumi KAGOTANI Doshisha FSC 9 2 163.22 [W-4]
Saki MIYAKE 5 3 163.06 [W-5]
Chisato URAMATSU 6 5 159.72 [W-6]
Miyabi OBA Tokai Tokyo FH 4 10 157.87 [W-7]
Nonoka NOGUCHI 8 8 156.43 [W-8]
Rin NITAYA 11 9 154.16 [W-9]
Marin HONDA JAL 8 5 152.02 [E-5]
Hina TAKENO 14 6 152.02 [W-10]
Niina TAKENO 10 11 149.74 [W-11]
Ibuki SATOH Meiji Univ 7 7 148.29 [E-6]

Top finishers invited to compete in Senior from Junior Nationals TBD.

 

[Tak]

Junior Nationals started. Fuji TV will broadcast their coverage on Tuesday, a National Holiday.
In Women, SP ranking of the top six was;
1. Rion Sumiyoshi 65.34 36.22 29.12
2. Azusa Tanaka 62.56 34.68 27.88
3. Hana Yoshida 62.48 36.28 26.20
4. Mao Shimada 61.76 36.84 24.92
5. Ayumi Shibayama 60.17 35.69 24.48
6. Sakurako Daimon 59.95 33.91 26.04
Judging panel used PCS scores very effectively to rank the skaters. Based on East and West Japan performances, I think these PCS scores are reasonable except Ayumi for whom it seems too low. It is nice to see Hana doing well here, after series of bad skates. 23rd and almost the last placed to make it to the Free was Kinayu Yokoi. It seems that messing up the SP is fast becoming Yokoi family tradition.
In Mens, after the SP,
1. Tsuboi 81.05
2. Yoshioka 68.55
3. Kataise 67.99 (-1.0 Deduction, probably a fall)
Surprisingly, Kao Miura singled the Axel and was 7th at 64.00.

 

[Tak]

Junior Men concluded.
In the Free, the top 5 placements were;
1. Kao Miura 165.28 90.68 75.66 (-1.0 Fall)
2. Tatsuya Tsuboi 146.55 77.25 69.30
3. Nozomu Yoshioka 123.25 65.25 58.00
4. Takeru Kataise 120.38 54.38 66.00
5. Kosho Oshima 118.55 55.85 62.70
Kao must have watched Yuma performance in Italy! Coming back to win from 7th in the SP is uncommon.
Kao's jump elements scored, 3A (+3.20), 4S(+3.49), 4T+3T(+3.42), 3A+2T(+1.80), 4T< fall(-3.80), 2A+Eu+3F (+1.38), 3Lo (+1.08). High positive GOEs made the difference in the end. Tsuboi also had a solid skate with two clean 3A and one 4S (Negative GOE).
Total Scores were
1. Kao Miura 229.28
2. Tatsuya Tsuboi 227.60
3. Yoshioka 191.80
4. Kataise 188.37
5. Oshima 183.86

 

[Tak]

Junior Women just concluded. Congratulations to Mao Shimada, the new National Junior Queen!
FS Scores were;
1. Mao Shimada 126.75 76.03 50.72
2. Mone Chiba 116.44 63.64 52.80
3. Rion Sumiyoshi 114.91 56.51 58.40
4. Hana Yoshida 110.07 58.15 51.92
5. Azusa Tanaka 109.06 54.74 54.32
6. Ami Nakai 108.98 63.26 46.72 (-1.00)
7. Ikura Kushida 107.74 61.18 46.56
8. Ayumi Shibayama 106.51 58.63 48.88 (-1.00)
Mao's jump elements were, 4T, 3Lz+3T, 3F, 3Lo, 2A+Eu+3S, 2A+3T, 3Lz, all with +GOE and zero edge or under rotational calls. This kind of clean protocol reminds me of young Rika when she was on fire. Yoshida did one 3A (+1.28) and Ami Nakai also tried one but was < and fell.
Total scores were:
1. Mao Shimada 188.51
2. Rion Sumiyoshi 180.25
3. Mone Chiba 175.41
4. Hana Yoshida 172.55
5. Azusa Tanaka 171.65
6. Ayumi Shibayama 166.68
7. Ami Nakai 165.76
8. Ikura Kushida 165.09
9. Sakurako Daimon 160.47
10. You Takagi 158.58

 

[Sylvia]

Thanks for the timely updates, @Tak!

A Mao Shimada article:

荒川静香は中学１年生から３連覇…フィギュア全日本ジュニア歴代女王 - フィギュア : 日刊スポーツ

1つ下のカテゴリーとなるノービスの全日本女王、13歳の島田麻央（木下アカデミー）が“飛び級”で初優勝の快挙を成し遂げた。ノービス年代のジュニア制覇は94年の荒… - 日刊スポーツ新聞社のニュースサイト、ニッカンスポーツ・コム（nikkansports.com）

www.nikkansports.com

Machine translation:

The 13-year-old Mao Shimada (Kinoshita Academy), the all-Japan queen of Novice, who is one category below, achieved her first victory in the "skipping class". It is the first time in 27 years since Shizuka Arakawa (1st year of junior high school at that time) won the junior title in the Novice age. Succeeded in the only Japanese girl's quadruple toe loop that can jump, and recorded 126.75 points in the free top. With a total of 188.51 points, he reversed from 4th place in the short program (SP).

Results/protocols in English are published online now: https://www.jsfresults.com/National/2021-2022/fs_e/national_jr/index.htm

Junior Men - Final Results
PL Competitor Club SP FS Points
1. Kao MIURA meguronihonunivhighschool 7 1 229.28
2. Tatsuya TSUBOI 1 2 227.60
3. Nozomu YOSHIOKA NISHINOMIYA KOUEI H.S. 2 3 191.80
4. Takeru KATAISE 3 4 188.37
5. Kosho OSHIMA Meiji Univ 6 5 183.86
6. Shunsuke NAKAMURA Kinoshita Academy 4 6 180.13
7. Ryoga MORIMOTO Kinoshita Academy 5 12 172.23
8. Ryusei KIKUCHI meguronihonunivhighschool 9 8 172.03
9. Syunya MATSUOKA 8 11 170.33
10. Keisuke KADOWAKI Hosei 11 7 169.53
11. Seigo TAUCHI Meito Figure Skating Club 12 10 166.21
12. Sena TAKAHASHI Kyoto Uji FSC 17 9 163.16
13. Shuntaro ASAGA Kinoshita Academy 14 13 156.92
14. Haru KAKIUCHI Hyogo Nishinomiya F.S.C. 13 16 149.46
15. Tomoki KIMURA SEIBU HIGASHIFUSHIMI 19 14 146.55
16. Tudoi SUTO MF Figure Skating Academy 16 18 145.36
17. Rio NAKATA SEIBU HIGASHIFUSHIMI 10 23 142.47
18. Ryoto KITAMURA MF Figure Skating Academy 23 15 141.75
19. Haruyuki HIGUCHI 20 20 138.93
20. Haruki HONDA AMC Mizuho High School 24 17 138.79
21. Sora TARUMI 15 22 138.65
22. Shioh KOJIMA Naniwa High School 22 19 138.42
23. Masaya MISHIMA 21 21 137.08
24. Syun KOBAYASHI 18 24 133.58
Final not reached
25. Taiga NISHINO Kanagawa FSC 25 - -
26. Taiki SHINOHARA 26 - -
27. Yamada RYUSHIN 27 - -
28. Sakura ODAGAKI meguronihonunivhighschool 28 - -
29. Sora SUZUKI 29 - -
30. Yuki YOSHIOKA Kinoshita Academy 30 - -

Junior Women - Final Results
PL Competitor Club SP FS Points
1. Mao SHIMADA Kinoshita Academy 4 1 188.51
2. Rion SUMIYOSHI Komaba Gakuen Hich School 1 3 180.25 (will compete in JGP Final)
3. Mone CHIBA 7 2 175.41
4. Hana YOSHIDA Kinoshita Academy 3 4 172.55
5. Azusa TANAKA Kinoshita Academy 2 5 171.62
6. Ayumi SHIBAYAMA Kinoshita Academy 5 8 166.68
7. Ami NAKAI MF Figure Skating Academy 10 6 165.76
8. Ikura KUSHIDA Kinoshita Academy 9 7 165.09
9. Sakurako DAIMON Kinoshita Academy 6 11 160.47
10. Yo TAKAGI MF Figure Skating Academy 11 10 158.58
11. Kaoruko WADA Grand Prix Tokai Club 12 9 156.77
12. Yurina OKUNO Meijijingugaien FSC 8 14 152.86
13. Sae SHIMIZU OSAKA SKATING CLUB 19 12 149.07
14. Marin OKAMOTO 21 13 146.96
15. Kaho KANNO KOSE Shinyokohama prince 16 15 145.15
16. Maria EGAWA 15 16 144.18
17. Haruna IWASAKI NAMIHAYA ISC 14 17 143.09
18. Rena UEZONO Grand Prix Tokai Club 20 18 136.05
19. Kei YAMADA 18 20 135.09
20. Kinayu YOKOI Chukyo Senior High School 23 19 134.52
21. Chiduru GOTOU Grand Prix Tokai Club 17 21 131.63
22. Chikako SAIGUSA 13 23 128.73
23. Mone TAKAHASHI 24 22 126.24
24. Natsu SUZUKI 22 24 123.45
Final not reached
25. Haruna MURAKAMI Kinoshita Academy 25 - -
26. Miyu YUNOKI Kyoto Uji FSC 26 - -
27. Sakurako TANABE Seisa highschool yokohama 27 - -
28. Aiko MOTOE meguronihonunivhighschool 28 - -
29. Saki ISOMURA 29 - -
30. Rei YOSHIMOTO 30 - -

Junior Ice Dance - Final Results
PL Competitor Club RD FD Points
1 Nao KIDA / Masaya MORITA, both Kinoshita Academy 1 1 131.06
2 Ayano SASAKI Nihon Univ/ Atsuhiko TAMURA, SEISOKU GAKUEN 2 2 122.99
3 Kaho YAMASHITA / Yuto NAGATA 3 3 106.40
4 Midori FUJIKI / Seiya SHIMOKAWA 4 4 95.69
5 Haruhi KOMATSU / Eisuke KUMANO, both Meijijingugaien FSC 5 5 84.26

 

[Sylvia]

Jack Gallagher's recap of Junior Nationals:

FIGURE SKATING | Kao Miura, Mao Shimada Capture Japan Junior Titles with Powerful Performances | JAPAN Forward

Miura edges Tatsuya Tsuboi for the men’s title, while Mao Shimada outscores Rion Sumiyoshi to earn the women’s top prize.

japan-forward.com

Excerpts:

Miura opened with a beautiful triple axel, then followed it with a strong quad salchow and a huge quad toe loop/triple toe loop combination. He received a lengthy standing ovation from the crowd at Nippon Gaishi Arena as he finished his program to a selection of songs by Vicente Amigo.
Though Miura fell on a quad toe loop later in the program, and received just level threes on two of his spins and step sequence, his jumping prowess was still enough to carry him to the top of the podium.
Miura’s free skate score was a titanic 165.28, and he burst into tears when the tally was posted on the video board.
“[After the short program] I was so worried that it was useless to have been there for a year,” Miura stated. “But I was relieved to be able to perform well for the free, and I felt relieved from my anxiety.”

Shimada opened her free skate to “Queen’s Gambit” with five jumps, landing them all with flair. She began with a fine quad toe loop, then hit a triple lutz/triple toe loop combo, followed by a triple flip and a triple loop.
Shimada received level fours on her spins and a level three on her step sequence.
“I’m glad, I didn’t think I could win the championship,” Shimada stated. “I want to improve my expressiveness and skating to improve the PCS (Program Component Scores). I want to put in two quads from next year, first two quad toe loops.”

 

[Tak]

What is noteworthy about Mao Shimada's win, is the deafening silence from understandably perplexed JSF.
Nothing about "Invited Skaters to Senior Nationals" nor "JPN Representatives to Junior Worlds" has been announced, so far.
It is noted that JPN Junior age eligible women skaters currently competing in Seniors, all feature 3F as independent triple in the SP, which is necessary under current Junior requirements.